A Quebec-based company that sells a digital platform for controlling environmental conditions in barns and automating tasks is set to be acquired by Ingersoll Rand. The owners of Maximus have entered an agreement to be bought by the global industrial company in an all-cash deal worth $135.4 million. Headquartered in Montreal, with around 100 employees,... Read More
Category: Livestock
By John McGregor With calls for a searing, west-approaching heat wave bearing down on us this week and next, the moisture situation across the province remains pointed at a significant moisture deficient with our hay and pasture fields. A very well-timed rain in late June brought a bit of relief at the time, however, it... Read More
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has announced its plan and commitment to sustainability goals by 2030. Focused on three areas — climate, land use, and animal health and welfare — the plan outlines the roundtable's "commitments to advance and improve the sustainability of the global beef value chain." Specifically, GRSB aims to globally... Read More
Maple Leaf Foods is announcing that it has reached an agreement to purchase four pig farms in central Saskatchewan from the Polar Pork group of companies. The acquisition will increase Maple Leaf Foods' overall pig supply and production capacity, the company says. Subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, the purchase is expected to close in... Read More
The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) has created a new webpage title "Beef Cattle and the Carbon Cycle" to assist individuals, organizations, and entire industries working to better understand the environmental implications of their activities. The webpage, which can be found here, defines terms like carbon sequestration, climate change, carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions,... Read More
If you've never seen wild pig damage on your farm, that's a good thing. That said, farmers in several provinces including Ontario should be on alert for signs of wild pigs living in the area. Wild pigs are invasive and not native to the province and can cause significant damage to crops, pester and predate... Read More
It seems to be par for the course that the cattle markets are doing a little bit of everything these days. Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange says from a price perspective, the U.S. market is up and the Alberta market is down. "In the U.S., most of the trade is in the north,... Read More
Ontario is moving ahead with changes to the AgriStability program for farmers in the province, regardless of the federal government's support or the agreement of other provinces. Last November, the federal government proposed removing the Reference Margin Limit (RML) and increasing the compensation rate from 70 per cent to 80 per cent. Because of how... Read More
Update, June 29: The Senate adjourned until September 21 on Tuesday, leaving Bill C-206 on the Order Paper. It would die there if a federal election is called this summer. The private member's bill that would remove the federal carbon tax from natural gas and propane used on farms still has a last-minute chance at... Read More
If you're a livestock producer in Ontario and are wondering where the renewal form is for the Risk Management Program, wonder no more: they haven't been sent out yet. The usual deadline to enrol lamb, cattle, hogs, and veal sales for the current year is April, however last year and this year's deadlines were pushed... Read More